Kirby Sweetman est un chercheur de bobines rares, surendetté, il doit trouver 200 000 dollars pour rembourser ses dettes et garder son théâtre indépendant qu'il avait acheté avec sa défunte femme. Un millionnaire cinéphile lui propose alors 200 000 dollars pour trouver le film "La Fin Absolue du Monde" de Hans Backovic, un film qui le fascine. Projeté une seule fois, la salle a brûlé après que les spectateurs aient été pris de folies suicidaires et meurtrières.

Un cinéphile averti, passionné par les œuvres et le personnage qu'incarne Humphrey Bogart à l'écran, se consacre entièrement à cet art au point d'en délaisser sa femme Nancy qui demande le divorce et le laisse seul. Désemparé, il erre de psychiatre en psychanalyste. Un couple d'amis décide alors de le prendre en charge et de lui faire rencontrer d'autres femmes. Malgré les conseils techniques de son hallucination permanente, ces relations ne sont guère couronnées de succès. Parviendra-t-il au bout de sa quête amoureuse ?

Un documentaire inspiré des mémoires éponymes du critique de cinéma américain et chroniqueur social mondialement connu : Roger Ebert. Lauréat du Prix Pulitzer pour ses critiques publiées dans le Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert est devenu l’une des personnalités les plus influentes du monde de la culture aux États-Unis.

Soixante-dix critiques et cinéastes discutent du cinéma autour du conflit entre l'artiste et l'observateur, le créateur et le critique. Entre 1998 et 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho a enregistré des témoignages sur cette relation au Brésil, aux États-Unis et en Europe, à partir de son expérience de critique.

HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After starring in a film that was critically bashed, Jamie Kennedy takes on hecklers and critics and ask some interesting questions of people such as George Lucas, Bill Maher, Mike Ditka, Rob Zombie, Howie Mandel and many more. This fast moving, hilarious documentary pulls no punches as you see an uncensored look at just how nasty and mean the fight is between those in the spotlight and those in the dark.

Carlos Boyero is one of Spanish cinema's most followed and feared figures. Controversy has hounded him since he published his first article more than forty years ago, and he has remained in the eye of the hurricane ever since. Is he the last representative of a disappearing time? Has social media put an end to the traditional influence of the critics. Taking the background and personality of this very controversial figure as its basis, El crítico / The Critic will also endeavour to reflect on the enormous changes taking place in Spain in the field of film criticism.

A series of bizarre and disturbing murders rock the city of Mumbai. Film critics are being killed week after week with the release of every new film. Arvind Mathur, Head of Crime Branch Mumbai, is tasked with solving the case. With the help of Zenobia, a criminal psychologist, he tries to understand the mind of the killer to trap him.

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree.

A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood cinema experience of Australia in England, where he saw the first images of this strange and exotic landscape via the medium of film, to his migration to Australia as a ‘ten pound pom’ in 1963 and onto his present day reflections on the iconic themes that run through our cinematic legacy. All of this reflects a passionate engagement in a uniquely Australian medium. Parallel and at the heart of the series is the story of an industry whose growing pains David has witnessed over a lifetime. Alongside David, the protagonists of this history are the giants of Australian cinema – both behind the camera and in front of it.

Víctor Tellez is an intellectual, world-weary film critic who prefers to think in French and eschew the clichés of romantic movies...until he finds himself living a sappy, feel-good love story of his own.

An analysis of Quentin Dupieux's film "Incredible But True" by film critic Elena Lazic.

Paris, 1955. Guy, critique aux Cahiers du cinéma, va souvent voir les films de Vittorio Cottafavi dans une salle de quartier. Il y aperçoit Jeanne, critique de la revue ennemie Positif, qui semble le suivre.

Ce documentaire de 17 minutes est présenté sur le DVD 3-Disc Criterion Collection de La Bataille d'Alger (1966), sorti en 2004. Un regard approfondi sur la Bataille d'Alger à travers les yeux de cinq réalisateurs établis et accomplis ; Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Julian Schnabel et Mira Nair. Ils expliquent comment les plans, la cinématographie, la scénographie, le son et le montage ont directement influencé leur propre travail et à quel point les séquences du film semblent incroyablement réalistes, malgré l'affirmation selon laquelle tout dans le film a été mis en scène.

In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator, who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls under the watchful eye of Detective Fred Stapelli, a cop who is intent on becoming a screenwriter. Before long, Thorpe's girlfriend, Kit, and Stapelli's wife, Patricia, are roped into the case.

Famous Spanish film critic Alfonso Sánchez talks about his personal life, his work and Anouk Aimée. A sentimental tribute to one of the most relevant figures on the Spanish film scene.

This documentary film is a portrait of a film critic as seen by a filmmaker. While contemporary cinema manipulates reality by hiding itself, this experiment manifests the opposite in an explicit and evident way. The film critic has been asked to travel to the city of Bergamo to participate in a 70-minute film experiment: savoring 2 kg of oysters and drinking 2 bottles of wine, while simultaneously answering 15 general knowledge questions and 15 solicitations of a private and personal nature. The outcome is a ruinous game in which the meaning of filming and the fragility of a human being merge into a melancholic testament.

A prominent film critic writes a scathing review of a new horror film, and is abducted by the film's mentally unstable director, who subjects him to an eye-opening experience.

Óscar Peyrou is a veteran Spanish film critic who writes his reviews according to a very peculiar method: in his opinion, it is not really necessary to watch the films since it is possible to judge them simply by looking at their promotional poster.

Hell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark Kermode chats to Russell as well as two of the film’s stars, Georgina Hale and Murray Melvin. Also included are scenes that were cut from the released film for being too controversial.